Waistband-fastener



No. 626,333. Patented June 6, I899.

. C. H. MUEHLEB.

WAISTBAND FASTENER.

(Application filed June 1, 1897.)

(No Model.)

ms PETERS w Mom UNlTlE STATES PATENT CARL II. MUEHLER, OF PEORIA,ILLINOIS.

WAlSTBAND-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,333, dated June 6,1899.

7 Application filed Juno 1, 1897. Serial No. 688,896. (No model.)

T0 (0% whom, it may concern:

.Be it known that I, CARL II. MUEHLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in IVaistband-Fasteners andI do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exactdescription of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same;

The object of thisinvention is to provide a fastening for waistbandswhich may be con veniently and quickly attached to the extremitiesthereof and be securely locked when in place without sewing or othermeans of attachment and which when in engagement will securely hold theopposing extremities of such waistband.

I accompany this specification with drawings of my invention, in whichsimilar parts are indicated by like letters of reference, and by theiraid I will describe it.

Figure 1 represents a plan view of a blank form of which one part of thefastening is formed before being bent. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofsaid part as when bent to form a hook and to apply it to the waistband.Fig. 3 shows the hook portion of the fastening as it appears whensecured to the waistband. Fig. 4 shows another form for the eye.

My device is usually made of sheet metal in ,two parts, preferably ofbrass as least liable to corrode, of sutficient thickness to keep itsshape when in use and sufficiently pliable to be easily bent withordinary pliers. I take a sheet of metal from which I cut a blank formfor a hook, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, in which A and Adesignate the body and A that part of which the hook is formed, whichusually has an opening a. B and (3* indicate two pointed prongs whichextend from opposite edges of said body, one of said prongs beingprovided with a rectangular opening I) and the opposite prong beingformed with lugs or catches c projecting from opposite edges, as shown.The other part of the fastening, forming an eye for connection with thehook, is a strip of sheet metal pointed at the extremities, as seen inFig. 4, and having two slots g and g cut therein. In

said figure the said strip G is shown bent to form the prongs G and Gand having the slots 9 and g cut in opposite edges of the strip, saidslots being open at their outer ends, so that when the strip is adjustedand fastened in place the said prongs will interlock and lap on oneanother.

To form a hook and apply it to the waistband, the part A of the blankform shown in Fig. 1 is bent to be parallel with the body of the hook,and the prongs B and O are bent to stand at right angles to the body asshown in Fig. 2. The said prongs are then passed through slits out inthe waistband. The lugs c are then bent to stand at right angles to theprong O. The latter is then passed through the opening I) in the prongB. The lugs c are then bent outward, and both prongs are then bent downand flattened by a smart blow, bringing them to the position shown inFig. 3 and securing the hook to the waistband so that it cannot beremoved except by reversing the process above stated. The eye with whichthe hook is to connect is to be attached to the extremity of thewaistband opposite the hook.

In applying the strip G which forms the eye, the said strip being bentto form the prongs G and G the said prongs are inserted through slitsmade in the waistband and bent so as to interlock in the slots 9 and gand lap on each other and are then flattened.

I claim-- 1. In a waistband-fastenin g of sheet metal, made in twoparts, the combination of said parts, one of which is bent to form ahook at one end and has two pointed prongs which are made integral withthe body of the hook and extend laterally from opposite edges of saidbody, one of said prongs having a rectangular aperture Z), the oppositeprong being provided with lugs c, and both of said prongs being adaptedto be bent at right angles to said body, so as to be passed throughslits in the waistband, substantially as herein set forth and described.

2. In a waistband-fastening of sheet metal, made in two parts, one ofwhich forms a hook, and the other part forms an eye, the combination ofsaid parts, the said part forming an eye consisting of a strip which ispointed I at its extremities and is provided near its ends with slots gand 9 open at their outward ends and cut in opposite edges of saidstrip,

so that the ends of said strip may interlock and lap on one another,substantial-1y as set forth and shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARL H. MUEHLER.

Witnesses:

L. A. PULSIPHER, A. M. MANN.

